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To get rid of all the sugary junk in the house, even though family don’t want to?

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ShirazShirley · 14/07/2018 09:59

Just needing to know if AIBU really.

As a bit of background, I haven’t decided to do this for shits and giggles. I bloody love chocolate.

However I have recently been diagnosed with PCOS, and shortly after that, pre diabetes.

I’ve spent the last few days frantically researching a healthy diet to combat this and have settled for the Mediterranean one. I’ve even written up a few menus that won’t impact the family’s favourite dinners (essentially just tweaking mine and leaving theirs the same)

I live with dh, dd 5, ds 2 and dsd 15 stays often.

My suggestion was that we don’t keep mounds of chocolate, crisps etc. in the house, and that instead when anyone fancies a treat they go to the shop (which is literally one minute away) and buy it. I don’t expect anyone else to stop eating anything they like.

It is a selfish request I guess, I just think I’m going to struggle with cutting out excessive sugar for a while at first, and hoped everyone would be ok with this idea as it will really help me.

The two youngest won’t really care, they like going out for even the smallest walk and are able to verbalise when they fancy something.

Dh, dsd and mil are another matter however.

Mil, while she means well and only wants the dc to have nice things, will bring round bags (yes, bags) of chocolate, crisps, and ice cream often. Dh told her in the past we don’t really want the two youngest to eat tons of it everyday, but the only change that made was that she now says ‘sorry’ as she’s lugging it in.

Dh isn’t supportive of the idea either. He hasn’t really said why, he just said I should know that when dsd comes a there will always be bin bags (yes, bin bags) of crap in the house (again, supplied by mil, who appears terrified that dsd won’t want to eat anything else)

Dsd would be fine with it I think (she’s over next week) Like I said, the shop is extremely close by and no walk at all.

But then maybe not, lately she has taken to storing bags of rubbish in her room, eating it and then pushing her dinner around her plate. So maybe it wouldn’t hurt her either.

But dh and mil are unsupportive of even giving it a trial run.

Dm is terrified for my health and says of course I’m not being unreasonable (but she would say that wouldn’t she Grin)

So I need an mn verdict please. I feel like AINBU but will accept if I am.

Thanks.

OP posts:
Singlenotsingle · 23/07/2018 11:10

So MIL has a gastric band and she's still buying loads of junk food for the family? Is she a feeder? Does she want you all to need gastric bands? When she brings this stuff, wait til she's gone then bin it! I bet DH is overweight as well?

ltk · 23/07/2018 11:35

Just bin any junkfood brought into the house. Bin the jumbo bag of crisps. Bin the 4 boxes of ice cream. It won't take them very much wasted money and food to stick to the deal they already agreed.

ltk · 23/07/2018 11:38

I think your 'buy it, eat it, don't store it in the house' idea is a good one, and they agreed to that plan.

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